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PATBNTED SEPT. 1,` 186e.

J. Bl` GASSEL. :LARD PRESS AND SAUSAGE STUPFER.

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Letters Patent No. 81,751', dated September 1, 1868.

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- Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. GASSEL, of Worcester township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvaniahlave invented a Combined Lard-Press and'Sausage-Stuiferfand I do hcrebypdoclare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description ofthe same.

` v My invention consistsoi a cylindrical vesaehand of plungers working therein, as fllydescribcd hereafter, for the purpose of pressing lard or forcing sausagc-meat.

`In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its constructionv and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which* Figure 1 Ais an outside view of the apparatus, with vthe top thrownback.

Figure 2, a sectional view of'tbe same, as it appears when in use for pressing lard. Figure 3, a sectional plan view, on the line 1 2, iig. 2. Figure 4, a sctional'vicw of the apparatus, when arranged for stuiing sausages; and Figures 5 and 6, detached views, illustrating portions .of my invention. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. i The cast-iron` base A of the apparatus is permanently secured to a table orother support, B, andis p'rovided with recesses, for the reception 'of lugs a a of a cylindrical vessel, C, which rests upon the base. By means-'oi' these lugs and recesses, and a button, b, the vessel isA securely fastened to the base, but so as to be radily detached therefrom. l i Y A At thebottom ci' thovessel C is an opening, c, covered by avdetachable spout, D, which, in thc present instance, is made in three'parts, and attached'to the vessel by a. dove-tailed projection on its inner end, adapted to a dove-tailed recess of a block, d, which surrounds the opening c, fig. 3. v i

Av sheetmetal casing, E, open at the bottom, and perforated at the sides by a number of small openings, f is introduced into the vessel C, and suspended within the same b'y its flange e, which rests upon the upper edge of the ivessel. A

The'lower edge and sides of thecasing E are free from contact with the interior` of the vessel, and to thc ange on thc upper ond of the said casing is hingedy a. funnel-shaped ring, F, which4 can be turned to the position shown i'n tig. 1, so as to form a continuationor enlargement of the upper end ofthe easing, or it'may be turned back, as indicated by dotted lines, until it rests against the outside of the wss-cbc.

' A yoke, G, is hingcd'to a projection, h, at one side of the vessel, and may be fastened to the opposite side ot' the same by .a catch, g, pivotcd to the yoke, and adapted to a lug, i, of the vessel.

A spindle,H, passes transversely through the yoke, and has at one end on operating-handle, j, and at the opposite end a ratchet-wheel, k, to the teeth' of which is adapted a pawhk, hung to the yoke, iig, I.

The spindle is also provided with a pinion, l, g.' 5, which engages' with the` teeth of al rack at one side of a i plunger-rod, X, which passes through and is guided by the yoke, thel lowere'nd of the said rod terminating in a plunger, I, which iis-arranged to iit' snugly in the casing E. l

The apparatus, when arranged as above described, is used as a lard-press, and, befcegcharging the same, the plunger I is, by operating the handle j, drawn out of the casngF, and close upvto'the yoke, the latter being then thrown back, as shown lin iig. 1, and the ring or funnel F turned to ai'psition directly ovfer the casing E, in o rder to facilitate the introduction of the fatty matter from which the vlard is Ato be expressed. l

After filling or'partly filling the casing E, the funnel is then thrown back, asshown in do'ttd lines, tig. 1, andthc'yoke G is turned upon itsy hinge to the position shown in iig. 2, and locked by meansof the catch q, the handlej being then turned untilthe rod II is .suiliciently lowcredyto. cause the plunger I to hear upon the mess'within the casing.' t l The handle is still turned, and the plunger forced downwards, the lard, as it is pressed frein the solid por* tion of the' mass, passing through the perforations f, and beneath the, casing into the s poutD, and thenceto a suitablcrrcceptacle placed to .receive it.

The pawl nud ratchet, k and k', at the end of the operating-spindle, permit the latter to be turned in a direction necessary to lowcrthe plunger', but prevent the raising of the plunger, and the consequent riversing of the motion ofthe spindlcby any elasticity ofvthc compressed mass.

After thoroughly extracting the lard, the plunger is raised from the casing. and, together with the yoke, thrown back, as shown in iig. 1, the solid residnum being then removed, and a fresh charge introduced, to be operated upon as before.` v Y In preparing the apparatus to be used as a sausage-staffer, the yoke is thrown back, and the perforated casing removed from the vessel C; after which, a supplementary plunger, K, of a diameter equal to that of the inside' of the vessel, isv attached to the plunger I, by means of a dove-tailed projection, r, adapted to a corresponding recess on the ander side of the upper plunger, (see iigs. 4 and (i.)

The operation of the apparatus, when used for this purpose, doesnot difl'er materially from that before described, the sausage-meat being merely forced downwards by the plunger, and through the spoutD into the casings. s

In order, however, (when the plunger has almost reached the limit of its downward movement,) to prevent the sausage-meat from being forced backwards from the spout into the vessel C,thc ,plunger is provided with a curved plate or guard, s, at a. point directly opposite thc spout.

An important feature of my invention is the facility with which the several parts may be detached from each other when it is necessary to clean them. After turning the button b, the apparatus may be moved laterally, as indicated by the arrow, and raised from the base-plate, tho spout is readily taken off, and the yoke as readily unhinged.

I claim as my invention, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent- 1. The vessel C, rendered detachable from'thc base, A, having a detachable spout, D, and adapted for the reception of a perforated casing, E, and of 'plungers- I or K, the Whole being arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The yoke G, hinged to the vessel C, and its spindle H and pinion l, for operating the plunger-rod H', as described. Y A d 3. The combination of the perforated casing E and a funnel-shaped ring, hinged to the casing, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The plunger K, attached to the under eide of thcplunger l by a dove-tailed projection, r, or equivalent fastening, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH B. CASSEL.

Witnesses:

J 01m WHITE, WM. A. Srssx.. 

